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Appendices 5-13 - Nautilus Cares - Nautilus Minerals

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Figure 3.1. Sediment bottom thickness surrounding the Solwara 1 mining lease area<br />

after simulating the full removal operation. Also shown are the location of the Tip head<br />

discharge sites and the outline of the mining zone.<br />

Table 3.1 gives a summary of the area covered by each thickness range, their maximum extents<br />

and the total area covered. The furthest extent of influence from the mining operation was less<br />

than 1 km from the nearest tip head site, where depositional thickness was limited to 0.18 mm<br />

which, after a 20 month period, is equal to the natural background sedimentation rate for the<br />

region.<br />

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